Background
Shapkin, Timofei was born in 1885.
Shapkin, Timofei was born in 1885.
Graduated from the Frunze Military Academy, 1935.
During World War I, a Cossack NCO. Joined the Red Army, 1920. Took part in the Civil War as a regimental, and later brigade, commander. Joined the Bolshevik Party, 1938.
Took part in World War II.
No religious basis is needed in order to display ethical behavior.
The emphasis on peaceful coexistence doesn’t mean that the Soviet Union accepted a static world with clear lines. Socialism is inevitable and the "correlations of forces" were moving towards socialism.